Detachable heel



H. S. ARAMIAN.

DETACHABLE HEEL. APPUOATION FILED SEPT. a, 19gb.

1,408,964. Patented Mal 7, 1922.

I IN VENTOR WITNESSES HgAg M/AN HARRY S. ARAIIIIAN, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

DETAGHABLE HEEL.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Mar. *7, 1922.

Application filed September 3, 1920. Serial No. 407,869.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HARRY S. Alumna, a citizen of Armenia, and a resident of the city of New York, in the borough of Manhattan, county and State of New York, have invented a new and Improved Detachable Heel, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

This invention relates to an improvement in heels and has particular reference to a detachable heel, particularly designed as a means for securing what are known as French heels to a shoe.

Due to the great height of this type of heel and the formation of the same, there is a great tendency to wear the tread lift unevenly thus requiring constant repair.

To this end, it is an object of the invention to provide means for detachably associating the heel with a shoe which simplifies the operationof its removal to effect the replacement of the tread lift.

Another object of the invention is to provide a simple and eflicienabut strong and durable attachingmeans which does not materially add to the weight of the heel, and which does not detract from the appearance of the same.

A still further object of the invention is to provide means for attaching a heel of this character, to a shoe, which means is entirely covered thereby when the heel is in applied position and which affords means when removed, to admit of access being had to the interior of the heel to manipulate the tread fastening element.

With the above recited and other objects in view, some of which will appear more ully from the following detailed description, reference is made to the accompanying drawings forming a part of this application and in which:

Figure l is a side elevation of a shoe partly in section and illustrating the same equipped with a heel constructed in accordance with the invention.

Figure 2 is a plan view of the heel and the attaching plate removed from the shoe, illustrating the relative arrangement of parts when the heel is in applied position.

Figure 3 is a plan view of the attaching plate removed.

eferring to the drawings by characters of reference, 10 designates a shoe to the underside of the heel portion 11 of which is secured the attaching plate 12. The for ward end of the attaching plate is bent to provide a transverse depending rib 13 of substantially ll-shape in cross section and provided with an upwardlyinclined aperture let in the front wall thereof. The rear free extremity of the plate beyond the fastening elements 15, constitutes a resilient tongue 16. The heel comprises hollow body 17 preferably constructed of a light metal such as aluminum which is closed as its lower end by a head 18 vertically apertured to receive the tread lift securing screw 19. The upper confronting face of the heel body 17 is open and has formed as an integral part thereof a :torwardly projecting downwardly inclined flange 20 extending from the rear edge thereof. The forward edge 21 of the upper open end is provided with an upwardly inclined aperture 22 and the outer edge of the forward portion is provided with a projecting shank extension 23 which. is designed to underlie the shank 24 of the shoe.

To apply-the heel to the shoe, the flange 20 is inserted between the free rear end of the resilient tongue 16, the heel being disposed at an angle as illustrated in dotted lines in Figure 1 of the drawings, and a forward movement of the heel is effected until the forward edge 21 of the upper open end has been advanced to a. point in alignment with the forward edge of the transverse rib 13. The'resiliency of the tongue 16 will serve to advance the edge 21 upward and engage the same behind the rib with the shank extension 23 in contact with the shank 24 of the shoe.

In this position the apertures 14 and 22 will register and a fastening screw 25 is inserted through said aligned openings and anchored in the heel portion of the sole of the shoe. To further secure the heel against displacement, additional fastening screws 26 may be passed through the shank extension 23 and anchored into the shank of the shoe.

From the foregoing, simple attaching means is provided which is entirely covered when the heel is applied and which greatly simplifies and reduces the time and labor required to detach the heel from the shoe. To remove the heel the fastening screws 25 and 26 are withdrawn and by a slight swinging of the heel using the rear end as a fulcrum, the forward edge 21 of the upper open end is disengaged from the transverse rib 13 to permit of a rearward sliding movement for effecting the withit will be seen that a ening element passed chored 1n the shoe to drawal of the flange 20 from its position between the tongue and the heel portion of the shoe.

While there has been illustrated and described a singleand preferred embodiment of the invention, no limitation is necessarily made to the precise structural details and it is to be understood that'the right is reserved to changes and modifications falling within the general meaning of the terms in which the claims are expressed.

Having thus described my invention, 1 claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent: p

, 1. The combination with a shoe, of a hollow heel therefor having an open upper end, a flange projecting inwardly from the rear edge of the open upper end and an attaching plate secured to the bottom of the heel portion of the shoe having a transverse depending rib at its forward end, the rear end of said plate constituting a resilient tongue adapted to coact and engage with the flange to hold the rear end of the heel against relative separation from the shoe and to advance the forward end of the heel upwardly behind the transverse rib, the said forward end of the heel and said rib having upwardly inclined openings therethrough adapted to register for the reception of a headed fasttherethrough and anretain the heel in place.

2. In a shoe and heel, means for detachably associating the heel therewith comprising an attaching plate secured to the under side of the heel portion of the shoe, having a depending transverse rib at its forward end, the rear end thereof constituting a resilient togue, said heel having a depression in its upper end provided with a downwardly inclined inwardly projecting flange from the rear edge of the recess adapted to coact with the resilent tongue for advancing its forward edge upwardly behind said rib upon forward sliding movement of the heel, whereby to dispose the forward edge behind the rib to prevent rearward sliding and displacement of the heel.

3; The combination with a shoe and a hollow heel having an open upper end provided with an opening therethrough at its forward edge and an inwardly projecting flange at its rearward edge, of means for detachably associating the heel with said shoe comprising an attaching plate secured to the bottom of,

the heel portion of the shoe, said attaching plate having a transverse rib at its forward end provided with an opening therethrough, the rear end of said plate constituting a resilient tongue adapted to coact and engage with the flange to hold the rear end of the heel against relative separation and to advance the forward edge of the heel upwardly behind the rib to bring the opening in the vforward edge of the heeland the opening in the rib into registry for the reception of a, retaining element adapted to be passed through said aligned openings and anchored in the heel portion of the shoe.

HARRY S. ARAMIAN. 

